The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6385-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could speculatively execute     instructions using a return address from a sibling thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-27672)

    William Zhao discovered that the Traffic Control (TC) subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle network packet retransmission in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2022-4269)

    Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discovered that syscalls invoking the do_prlimit() function in the     Linux kernel did not properly handle speculative execution barriers. A local attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-0458)

    It was discovered that the TLS subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a type confusion vulnerability in     some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1075)

    It was discovered that the TUN/TAP driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize socket data. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-1076, CVE-2023-4194)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash     collisions in connection lookup table. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (excessive CPU consumption). (CVE-2023-1206)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     data buffer size validation in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a     malicious USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1380)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the btrfs file system implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1611)

    Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions     checks when handling HCI sockets. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (bluetooth communication). (CVE-2023-2002)

    Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain     vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2023-20593)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the iSCSI TCP implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-2162)

    Juan Jose Lopez Jaimez, Meador Inge, Simon Scannell, and Nenad Stojanovski discovered that the BPF     verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly mark registers for precision tracking in certain situations,     leading to an out- of-bounds access vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-2163)

    It was discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A     privileged local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-2235)

    Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     locking during table_clear() operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2023-2269)

    Wei Chen discovered that the DVB USB AZ6027 driver in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer     dereference when handling certain messages from user space. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-28328)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the TLS subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free or a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-28466)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel, leading to a     null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image     that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-2898)

    It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory     in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3090)

    It was discovered that the Ricoh R5C592 MemoryStick card reader driver in the Linux kernel contained a     race condition during module unload, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3141)

    Gwangun Jung discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31436)

    It was discovered that the Qualcomm MSM DPU driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate memory     allocations in certain situations, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3220)

    It was discovered that the NET/ROM protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition     in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32269)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3390)

    It was discovered that the universal 32bit network packet classifier implementation in the Linux kernel     did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3609)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3610)

    It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing network scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3611)

    It was discovered that the network packet classifier with netfilter/firewall marks implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3776)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle table rules     flush in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3777)

    It was discovered that the NFC implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability     when performing peer-to-peer communication in certain conditions. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2023-3863)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rule     additions to bound chains in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3995)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle PIPAPO element     removal, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4004)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle bound chain     deactivation in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4015)

    It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle L2CAP socket     release, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40283)

    It was discovered that some network classifier implementations in the Linux kernel contained use-after-     free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4128)

    Maxim Suhanov discovered that the exFAT file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     check a file name length, leading to an out- of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to     construct a malicious exFAT image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4273)

    Lonial Con discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a memory leak when     handling certain element flush operations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-4569)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6385-1)

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Version 1.5 Sep 18, 2024, 8:52 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") Plugin Feed: 202409180852
Version 1.4 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.3 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401100845
Version 1.2 Nov 15, 2023, 2:17 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-4128" to "CVE-2023-40283") Plugin Feed: 202311151417
Version 1.2 Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401091856
Version 1.1 Sep 25, 2023, 2:20 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" changed from 7.8 to 8.8. "CVSSv3 vector" changed from "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-3610" to "CVE-2023-4128") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2023-2163") Plugin Feed: 202309251420
Version 1.0 Sep 20, 2023, 2:05 AM New Plugin Feed: 202309200205